Medicaid began as a welfare program, but 60 years later it covers one in five Americans. WSJ explains how it got so big, and how the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will change it. Photo: Getty Images/Bloomberg ...

In a video, first released exclusively to McClatchy, Cooper officially kicked off his 2026 Senate campaign Monday. In the video, he looks directly into a camera and shares that he never intended to go ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, giving Democrats a proven statewide winner in an open-seat race that is expected to be one of the ...